Drawing capital from Africa's natural reserve of wealth; minerals.
Investing in the companies of tomorrow, today.
Our Story
Our founder, Maximum Efuru Fredrick, has traveled to all regions of Africa – from the North to the South, East to West. One thing is consistently common across the countries: the rich mineral deposits in our soil which foreign powers scramble for.
This made him wonder why Africa is so rich, yet so poor.
At The M.E Fredrick Capital, we are reimagining the conventional approach to venture capital financing. We do not draw our funds from traditional investors or loans from abroad. Instead, we invest in Africa's natural wealth — its minerals — through legitimate mining activities across the continent.
To date, our mining efforts span 3 countries via three registered companies where we hold significant stakes to advance our mission.
Our Portfolio
Discover the innovative companies we're investing in across Africa
Our Visionary Founder
A Note to Africa's Aspiring Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurs in Africa are surrounded by more opportunities than they often realize. Much of Africa remains undeveloped, leaving the continent with more problems yet unsolved than (arguably) any other continent in the world. If that is true, entrepreneurs in Africa can grow businesses and create wealth for themselves and the continent by applying creative methods and innovations to solve perceived problems.
You'll find that challenges abound especially for technology entrepreneurs due to few available local capabilities relating to cutting-edge technologies, but the global production chain has evolved over the years. Governments and companies now have components of their products manufactured in countries with required expertise, assembled elsewhere, then shipped as final products.
A good illustration of that is Foxconn, a Taiwanese company that manufactures electronic products for major American, Canadian, Finnish, Chinese, and Japanese companies. Notable products manufactured by Foxconn include the iPhone, iPad, BlackBerry, iPod, Kindle, Nokia devices, Nintendo 3DS, Xiaomi devices, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and the TR4 CPU socket on some motherboards.
Often, when an average African hears of entrepreneurship, what comes to mind is merely buying and selling, or provision of services using already established systems. Entrepreneurship in the real sense goes beyond that into problem-solving. The items we trade with today, and the services and soft goods we enjoy are available because someone envisaged a need to create them.
Creating new products to solve problems not only generates wealth for those who brought about them, but also provides jobs for millions who serve as middle-men and retailers in the distribution chain. Since the private sector is the highest employer of labor in any country, entrepreneurship helps reduce unemployment. As African citizens succeed, governments also benefit through increased tax revenues, making the entire continent wealthier.
To those passionate about entrepreneurship:
- Find out where the problem spots are
- Single out one (or some) of them
- Prepare a business philosophy that solves that problem
- If that has been done, CONGRATULATIONS!!!
- Take any opportunity to network and learn from more experienced executives
- Get mentored and coached by them
- Expose yourself to specific meetings and boardroom discussions
- Learn with a team
Let's Build Together
We're open to collaborating with bold partners driving innovation and sustainable impact across Africa and beyond.